(2) Ruby Bridges- Short film

And a fictional short about her. Few demonstrators but extras are expensive for a low budget film.

Ruby Bridges

After passing the very difficult exam reserved for black kids in New Orleans, Louisiana,(6 had succeeded but five declined, the parents I mean.), Ruby was the only one to attend. Click to enlarge the picture by Norman Rockwell. A painting he did three years later: "The Problem We All Live With (1963)" It says it all. Watch the video below too!

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruby-Bridges

Quitting social media?

Supertramp - School

Third studio album from the English rock band, Supertramp. Here are the lyrics for the song "School" [Intro] [Verse 1] I can see you in the morning when you go to school Don't forget your books, you know you've gotta learn the golden rule Teacher tells you stop your playing and get on with your work And be like Johnnie-Too-Good, don't you know he never shirks He's coming along [Verse 2] After school is over, you're playing in the park But don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about And grow up just like them, won't let you work it out And you're full of doubt [Instrumental] [Bridge] Don't do this and don't do that What are they trying to do? (Make a good boy of you) And do they know where it's at? But don't criticize, they're old and wise Do as they tell you to, don't want the devil to Come and put out your eyes [Verse 3] Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right But while I am still living, I've just got this to say It's always up to you if you wanna be that Wanna see that, wanna see it that way You're coming along Roger Hodgson who co-authored it stated the song is "basically saying that what they teach us in schools is all very fine, but it’s what they don’t teach us in schools that creates so much confusion in our being. They don’t really prepare us for life in terms of teaching us who we are on the inside. They teach us how to function on the outside and to be very intellectual, but they don’t tell us how to act with our intuition or our heart or really give us a real plausible explanation of what life’s about."

The Earth's crust was torn apart.

Turkey-Syria earthquake ripped huge chasm in what was once an olive field. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-antakya-turns-into-ghost-city-after-third-quake-2023-02-22/

The voiceless majority speaks.

Roger Waters calls for peace in Ukraine at UN Security Council

Still Marching

There will be a carnival in London this saturday 11th/2/2023 With the puppet Lady Justice leading the march to free Julian Assange. Another march in London.

1968 Olympics

Black Power Salute Rocks 1968 Olympics - ABC News - October 17, 1968 ABC News - October 17, 1968

War - Military Industrial Complex

All men by nature desire to know

Freedom of Speech - ASSANGE -

START AT 1'45'' to go straight to the English part with Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, mother of their two sons. Mrs Assange is probably the reason why he hasn't committed suicide. Julian Assange hasn't been free for twelve years, has been spending the last three and a half year in Belmarsh,a UK prison and is facing extradition to the United States ... Stella Assange got married with Julian in Belmarsh. Their children Gabriel and Max are about 6 and 4. Read here if you will: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52262075 Extract from the video below: "Now how can it possibly be that Julian (Assange) is having to fight not to be extradited to the very country that was planning his assassination. The whole situation is completely absurd, makes no sense whatsoever. It is the United States government that has taken revenge on a publisher because he embarrassed them."

Refugees by Brian Bilston

Find the text right here: https://brianbilston.com/2016/03/23/refugees/

Vocabulary...Reality

You'll find Word Reference in the 6th label in the column among many other links. I do hope you'll keep this blog in mind. It might be useful, keep learning! Now, talking about vocabulary,HAVE A LOOK at all the meanings of shocking: https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/shocking

Ithaka - A film about Julian Assange's father

and his fight for his son's freedom.

Bigger than us

A film by Flore Vasseur with Melati Wijsen, who created Byebyeplasticbags.org and now Youthtopia https://www.youthtopia.world/ See Melati here after watching "Bigger than us" trailer. https://www.brut.media/fr/nature/une-vie-melati-wijsen-fa59f046-e232-46d1-be2f-aa3cd6db9f2d https://biggerthanus.film/

Homonyms and homonymes

A list in English https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-homonyms.html And one in French https://sherpas.com/blog/liste-des-homonymes/

The Earth's submarine fiber optic cable network

UAPs aka UFOs

The Phenomenon (2020) | Trailer Really, I could never believe we were alone in the Universe. Do you? Any comment in class will be deeply appreciated! E.B.

Asch Conformity Experiment

Guess what that is.